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Big news in the design world this morning: The Astonishing Tribe -- see that clock up there, they did that, along with tons of other stuff you've never thought of and most recently some awesome live wallpapers -- has been purchased by RIM. That's right, BlackBerry might finally get a decent UI. From RIM's blog:Today we are pleased to confirm plans for The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) team to join...

We've seen facial recognition before on Android, but this is borderline ridiculous. In a prototype app from The Astonishing Tribe -- the behind-the-scenes maker of some of the coolest UIs out there -- you basically can snap a picture of someone and if they're in the database, be linked up to all of their social media accounts. Imagine snapping shots of random people on the street and instantly...

Android, to put it nicely, seems to lack a certain amount of UI consistency in its current form. We were a bit confused on the different white text on black or black text on white decisions but we're also well aware that choosing the Android platform is geared more towards the future than the right now. So in a bit of backwards thinking we look into the past to see a couple design choices that...